2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Strengthening Communities Period start date 01/04/2024 To Period end date 31/03/205

Charity name: Strengthening Communities

Charity registration number: 1181410

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The purpose of the charity is to reduce childhood poverty in education for girls. The other purpose is to provide clean water supply.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	The activities of the charity are n three folds. One is to support the girl child in education. The second is to provide clean water through solar powered borehole and the last activity is to provide health promotion in way of health talks around infection control or basic life support in communities.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees understand that the activities the charity is performing is for the benefit of the public.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

SORP reference YES Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Yes Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Supporting families and communities in Lagos and Imo state in Nigeria

Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The charity has collaborated with Reach out for charity foundation and Street kids Africa to share Back to School resources. Some of the resources has been to school bags, books, a computer to a school and some books to create a Library.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	School resources
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	none
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	none
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Nothing to review as an account that was opened was later closed by the Bank.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	No reserves
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	none
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	No funds raised from the public. All activities done have been done from the trustee’s personal funds.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	The major concerns is the ability to raise funds for charitable endeavours.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Personal funds from the Trustees has been the only sources of funds for the charity.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	N/A
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	None to note
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	No new election was done

Additional information (optional)

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Strengthening Communities
Other name the charity uses	Reach out for Charity Foundation Nigeria
Registered charity number	1181410
Charity’s principal address	15 Avoncroft Road Bromsgrove B60 4NG

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Nwajiuba Ekeoma	15 Avoncroft Road B60 4NG	All year round	Nwajiuba Ekeoma

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Nwajiuba E. Full name(s) Nwajiuba Ekeoma

Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Date

2025-02-12